While the farmworkers wage strike has gained support from union COSATU in most of the country's provinces, questions are being raised about the death of a farmworker who was ... Read more »
A new UN initiative in South Sudan supported by the French government aims to boost the quality of seeds used to grow key crops. Read more »
The country's smallholder farmers have to use traditional methods to grow crops as it is expensive to hire a tractor. Read more »
A new report says that global food waste estimates range from 30 to 50 percent of all food grown, with losses in emerging economies stemming from issues in food production, storage ... Read more »
As a violent farmworkers strike rages on in the Cape Winelands over low wages police have had yet another stand-off with protesters firing rubber bullets to repel hundreds of ... Read more »
Processing agricultural goods into market-ready products will boost jobs, capture local value, and reduce post-harvest losses that affect farmers and traders, a World Bank ... Read more »
Lack of Ultra High Temperature (UHT) processing plants in the country has led to an influx of imported long-life milk from other African countries. Read more »
Despite increasing research on nutrition sensitive agriculture, one blogger argues that incentives and barriers must be included in the discussion for the method to be successful. Read more »
The government and farmers have joined hands to stop the outbreak by spraying affected fields with chemicals. Read more »
The daily pay increase of R150 demanded by farmworkers have been described by their bosses as being to excessive, warning that many could lose their jobs if wages are hiked. Public ... Read more »
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